Happy new year! I wish you all things good for 2014.

Dress – Derhy via charity shop, shoes - ebay, clutch - gift from Char (thank you!), earrings and necklace - gift from Husband

This is what I would have worn last night had I been going out. This is actually what I wore on Christmas day minus the shoes and bag but I only got a blurry selfie on the day (although I rather like the flash effect)

Let's crack on with my resolutions. The past few years (2011, 2012, 2013) I've made quite a lot with varying degrees of success so this year I want to be a little more relaxed. I'm listing a few things I'd like to do instead.

• I’d love to have a injury free year of running, ideally with some 10k and 5k races. A new pb would be good, I'd be delirious with joy to run a sub 46 10k and sub 22 5k.
• I’d love to master the art of rustling up quick, healthy meals.
• Writing to my lovely penpals more often would be thoughtful of me and I'm sure they would like receiving correspondence more often too
• Learning to use my SLR would be very helpful
• Taking part in Alex’s Blogging Good Read  (this will be on her blog on 7th January I believe) has reminded me how much I used to enjoy reading. Perhaps making a few hours each week to get through a few books this year would be nice
• Sleep! For the past few months I have been lucky to get 6 hours sleep each night, purely as I've not headed to bed earlier and although I feel ok, it's probably only a matter of time before I screw myself up
• I'd love to improve my fitness in general with my focus being on improving my cardio capacity and to work on toning
• Find some positivity and joy in more things. Many other bloggers are always sharing things that make them happy and that's just not me at all, but I would like to feel better more often

I’m planning to write a separate post on last year as I think it may be a lengthy one. What do you think of my list? Are you making any resolutions yourself?

Sophie